Spectacular Launch of Most Powerful Atlas Completes Constellation of Navy's Advanced Tactical Comsats - Gallery

Today's (June 24) spectacular launch of the most powerful version of the venerable Atlas V rocket from the sunshine state completes the orbital deployment of a constellation of advanced tactical communications satellites for the U.S. Navy. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the massive MUOS-5 satellite into clear blue skies from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 10:30 a.m. EDT - on its way to a geosynchronous orbit location ...